Poetry World Map

The world map (and table) here shows the distribution of poetry on this site. I will try to keep it more or less up to date. Those marked with * aren't independent countries but are ones that I personally feel are worthy of separation.

The current map is dated 30 August 2025 - click for a larger version.

I have tried to include poetry from all around the world on this site, and have at least one poem from every country (I think), except Vatican City as no one is allowed to actually be born there. Note that where a poet is from a former time, I have put their country of origin in modern terms, even though the country may not have been named the same in their time. In some cases it isn't possible to pin them down, in which case I have used a more generic country name (e.g. Korea). Finally, some poets were born in one country and lived most of their lives in another - in such cases both countries are "credited" unless they left their birthplace in childhood/infancy.

Table of countries:

Country	No. poems		Country	No. poems
Afghanistan	11		Luxembourg	6
Albania	16		Macedonia	9
Algeria	12		Madagascar	9
Andorra	5		Malawi	20
Angola	7		Malaysia	21
Antigua and Barbuda	6		Maldives	8
Argentina	40		Mali	9
Armenia	17		Malta	9
Australia	99		Marshall Islands	5
Austria	34		Martinique*	5
Azerbaijan	16		Mauritania	8
Bahamas	5		Mauritius	6
Bahrain	9		Mexico	40
Bangladesh	8		Federated States of Micronesia	5
Barbados	6		Moldova	6
Belarus	10		Monaco	4
Belgium	28		Mongolia	14
Belize	10		Montenegro	5
Benin	6		Morocco	15
Bhutan	5		Mozambique	11
Bolivia	10		Myanmar	5
Bonaire*	3		Namibia	7
Bosnia Herzegovina	8		Nauru	5
Botswana	12		Nepal	17
Brazil	18		Netherlands	65
Brunei	5		New Zealand	41
Bulgaria	28		Nicaragua	13
Burkina Faso	6		Niger	5
Burundi	5		Nigeria	48
Cambodia	6		North Korea	5
Cameroon	11		Northern Ireland*	7
Canada	103		Norway	27
Cape Verde	6		Oman	5
Central African Republic	6		Pakistan	24
Chad	4		Palau	6
Chile	22		Palestine	20
China	95		Panama	6
Colombia	8		Papua New Guinea	10
Comoros	4		Paraguay	10
Cook Islands	2		Persia*	22
Costa Rica	5		Peru	16
Cote d'Ivoire	4		Philippines	16
Croatia	10		Poland	76
Cuba	18		Portugal	38
Curaçao*	5		Puerto Rico*	3
Czech Republic	22		Qatar	4
Democratic Rep of Congo	6		Republic of Congo	4
Denmark	71		Romania	39
Djibouti	5		Russia	109
Dominica	5		Rwanda	6
Dominican Republic	9		Saint Kitts and Nevis	5
Ecuador	11		Saint Lucia	6
Egypt	34		Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	6
El Salvador	15		Samoa	5
England *	307		San Marino	4
Equatorial Guinea	4		São Tomé and Príncipe	4
Eritrea	10		Saudi Arabia	20
Estonia	18		Scotland*	88
Eswatini	6		Senegal	10
Ethiopia	17		Serbia	17
Fiji	6		Seychelles	4
Finland	46		Sierra Leone	12
France	171		Singapore	8
French Guiana*	5		Slovakia	6
Gabon	6		Slovenia	9
Gambia	6		Solomon Islands	4
Georgia	20		Somalia	17
Germany	160		South Africa	41
Ghana	22		South Korea	25
Greece	66		South Sudan	15
Greenland*	5		Spain	119
Guadeloupe*	5		Sri Lanka	10
Guam*	3		Sudan	10
Guatemala	8		Suriname	8
Guinea	4		Sweden	40
Guinea-Bissau	5		Switzerland	31
Guyana	10		Syria	22
Haiti	10		Taiwan	7
Honduras	9		Tajikistan	5
Hungary	30		Tanzania	14
Iceland	27		Thailand	6
India	151		Tibet*	11
Indonesia	12		Timor-Leste	3
Iran	56		Togo	5
Iraq	42		Tonga	6
Ireland	122		Trinidad and Tobago	10
Israel	29		Tunisia	9
Italy	159		Turkey	58
Jamaica	17		Turkmenistan	5
Japan	69		Tuvalu	4
Jordan	5		Uganda	29
Kazakhstan	17		Ukraine	31
Kenya	56		United Arab Emirates	5
Kiribati	6		Uruguay	19
Korea *	7		USA	200
Kosovo	5		Uzbekistan	7
Kuwait	5		Vanuatu	5
Kyrgyzstan	6		Vatican City (Holy See)	0
Laos	5		Venezuela	17
Latvia	15		Vietnam	20
Lebanon	20		Wales*	27
Lesotho	10		Western Sahara	9
Liberia	8		Yemen	6
Libya	10		Zambia	11
Liechtenstein	5		Zimbabwe	29
Lithuania	26